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manufacturing The managing director of Ejder Kimya, Pervin Ejder explains how the landscape for API and raw materials suppliers has evolved in Turkey, and how the company has pivoted into more value added and total packaged solutions to accommodate changing market dynamics. As an introduction for our readers, Pervin, can you…

Turkey Recep Altekin, the general manager of MT Sağlik – market leader in Turkey for blood glucose monitoring systems and diabetes test strips by volume – tells PharmaBoardroom about his company’s impact on the Turkish medical device industry, and the value-added solutions that come packaged under the MT umbrella. Can you break…

South Africa   The country president of Novartis South Africa reveals how Novartis has recently moved to new premises, demonstrating a clear commitment to continue investing in the country; why South Africa has been chosen as the company´s hub for Africa, and how they have consistently been selected as one the best…

Holland In a market under strong pressures to contain costs, launching innovative products in a crowded market can be a challenge. Novo Nordisk GM Sanne Groenemeijer believes his organization’s willingness to try various solutions has helped them to maintain their dominant position as the market leader in diabetes. Since you took…

life sciences John Taboas is the president of Biopharma Consulting Services (BCS), a leader in visual inspection and other validation and engineering services. Here he tells PharmaBoardroom how the company is working to position Puerto Rico as a hub for subject matter experts in visual inspection, with a new training facility and inspection…

Thailand Thailand is not traditionally known to be a manufacturing center due to its ever-changing policies, but OLIC (Thailand) Limited has risen as the nation’s number one contract manufacturing organization (CMO). OLIC’s managing director, Toyoyuki Kamide, talks about the company’s new manufacturing facility, its merger with Fuji Pharma, and its status…

Thailand The Government Pharmaceutical Organization’s Managing Director, Dr. Nopporn Cheanklin, tells PharmaBoardroom about its plans to launch 20 new products, its seaarch for medicines whose patents expire in the next few years, and the prospects for exports to Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar. What ambitions for growth does the organization have both in Thailand…

marketing Ivelisse Casillas, founder of PharMaCon, Inc. talks about the challenges of marketing and advertising pharmaceuticals products in Puerto Rico. She founded the company in 2000 to provide advertising, legal and medical expertise to the sector. What are the main advertising challenges that your clients face with which you can help them? The biggest…

manufacturing The chancellor of the Medical Sciences Campus of the University of Puerto Rico discusses the medical R&D projects the university is currently involved in, the fields in which the island has the most potential, and how the institution is tailoring its academic offer to suit the local needs of the…

pharma Ana Myriam Irizarry, plant manager for LifeScan in Puerto Rico, discusses the competitive nature of the facility’s production of diabetes test strips and the immense talent that Puerto Rico has to offer in terms of manufacturing talent. What makes LifeScan’s test strips so innovative? It is the quality of our…

Puerto Rico Verónica Cruz, PhD, executive vice president and COO of Puerto Rican consultancy ReComS Group, discusses the need to bring investments in the life science industry back to Puerto Rico while focusing on the country’s manufacturing strengths as a competitive advantage. What are the main challenges which ReComS is facing? Today…

Steri-Tech Steri-Tech is one of the few local contract sterilization service providers available in Puerto Rico. Jorge and Andy Vivoni, president and business development manager, discuss how they ensure that pharmaceutical companies continue to establish themselves in Puerto Rico. What is the strategic importance of Steri-Tech within the Puerto Rican life sciences…